I’ve almost given up on AlJaz. The stories on their web site are generally shallow and devoid of any insights or even raw facts that can’t be gotten anywhere else. They are too video-oriented. Most of the columnists that they carry are just self-promoting hucksters and clueless foils. Nonetheless this is a good piece with some actual writing and facts behind it. It lays out the ridiculous and self-contradictory meddling that the USSA has been engaging in in Egypt during the whole Morsi-coup-redux debacle. Lots of pointers.
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